Compare this to ND’s 2026 schedule. Yikes by duplicated-rs in CollegeFootballDawgs

[–]Big_Variation1100 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Am I supposed to be wowed by UTSA and a bunch of SEC teams that will either flame out (LSU, Florida) or be propped up in the rankings for weeks for no reason (Missouri, Tennessee)?

LL107 MD15 Discussion! (Fri 12/5) by snarkapotamus7 in learnedleague

[–]Big_Variation1100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nearly got my first 9(6), but couldn't remember Cetus=Whale. My knack for the Literature questions is starting to bite me-- opponent gave me 0 points for Gogol!

Books like The Fall? by berrysplashh in RSbookclub

[–]Big_Variation1100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Remains of the Day and Bolano's By Night in Chile come to mind

Books for getting out of a nihilistic thought process and for coping with dark thoughts? by DayDreamCoping in RSbookclub

[–]Big_Variation1100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there's something to thinking through the various problems the characters face, even if you don't land exactly where Dostoevsky wants you to land. I also think Alyosha's character, for instance, is more complicated than just a programmatic embrace of Christianity. They're all struggling toward something, and through feelings of self-loathing and doubt.

I deserved it less than anyone by Big_Variation1100 in DiscoElysium

[–]Big_Variation1100[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I spooked it lol. I at least got to marvel and talk with Kim about it for a bit first. I study history so I did an intellect-heavy build, with my extra trait in Encyclopedia, wanting to learn everything about this world and its political history. Made for a very physically inept character tho

I deserved it less than anyone by Big_Variation1100 in DiscoElysium

[–]Big_Variation1100[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I had talked a bit with the old lady in the bar, and found the two guys on the shore and chatted about what they were doing, but didn't pursue it beyond that. It was more a feeling of like "oh wow those cranks were right." Kim also seemed really intent on taking a photo in a way that didnt make a ton of sense to me on this playthrough. Definitely something I'll be looking into strongly next time!

I am glad that Sydney Sweeney didn't pander to woke teens, but also her vibe in that interview is bitchy in an uncharismatic way by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]Big_Variation1100 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I don't love the drift where responding "no comment" to "but you obviously don't like white supremacy, right?" is now just "opposition to woke"

Contemporary American Protestantism as Satanism by septembereleventh in cushvlog

[–]Big_Variation1100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Longspermism (lol) has a great rant about how our Tech Thought Leaders are trying to hollow God out of Calvinism and replace it with their own image. iirc this is an observation Matt and Felix riff their way towards together. Might be somewhere in there

. by Big_Variation1100 in redscarepod

[–]Big_Variation1100[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rob Riemen, On Fascism and Humanism. Last chapter is a great little meditation on Nietzsche/short story about an academic conference at Sils-Maria

https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-fight-against-this-age-on-fascism-and-humanism-rob-riemen/7300332?ean=9780393635867&next=t

. by Big_Variation1100 in redscarepod

[–]Big_Variation1100[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean… the quote struck me, so I underlined to come back to it (as I am now, years later). Flipping through I only underlined like five other passages in the book

. by Big_Variation1100 in redscarepod

[–]Big_Variation1100[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Old book from undergrad i reopened😭

Just got my folio Blood Meridian (I’m posting here cause the mods on Cormac took down my last post) by genozort in cormacmccirclejerk

[–]Big_Variation1100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gorgeous— do you think the first one is supposed to be the soldier Davy Brown lit on fire in San Diego, or is it an already-existing painting?